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Iran
commentary
With Chaos in the Streets of Iran, Here's How the United States Could Help the Iranian People
Dalia Dassa Kaye
Dec 3, 2019
Los Angeles Times
The Iranian people deserve American support. But current U.S. policies are hurting the cause that Iranians are fighting for while failing to achieve any strategic objectives.
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Nation Building
commentary
The Year of the Arab Spring
Charles P. Ries @charles_ries
Dec 20, 2011
GlobalSecurity.org and The RAND Blog
The Arab Spring demonstrated that leaderless revolutions are difficult to repress or co-opt. Unfortunately, it is also true that leaderless revolts find it difficult to make transition to authority, writes Charles Ries.
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International Diplomacy
commentary
Bahrain Protests: A Point of No Return for Ruling Family—and Obama
Frederic Wehrey
Feb 23, 2011
Christian Science Monitor
The only route out of the current impasse may be a fully functioning and pluralistic parliament like the one that enabled Bahrain's golden days, writes Frederic Wehrey.
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Bahrain
commentary
In Bahrain, Democracy in Action or Just Divide and Rule?
Frederic Wehrey
Dec 15, 2006
Arab Reform Bulletin
Published commentary by RAND staff: In Bahrain, Democracy in Action or Just Divide and Rule?, in Arab Reform Bulletin.
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